A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Red Shed Smokehouse
Red Shed Smokehouse is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 8th of 9 at the Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They finished #1276 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 2, 2014
latest Jun 21, 2019 · 4.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.75
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.76 · weakest Brisket (152.08)
Road miles
352
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.03 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
303.92 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1276 (176 pts) | #1258 (191 pts) | #1282 (181 pts) | #1246 (196 pts) | #1274 (181 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Red Shed Smokehouse, each with one reason worth a look.
Red Shed Smokehouse has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,396 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Level with Red Shed Smokehouse on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Red Shed Smokehouse's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,398 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before Red Shed Smokehouse's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 148.5144 | 157.76 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.6056 | 146.2400 | 155.70 | top 78% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 148.5028 | 155.63 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3944 | 147.9200 | 152.08 | top 87% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 80% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
104
finished ahead 28 times, behind 123
Longest layoff
3.7 yrs
Oct 2, 2014 → Jun 1, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Ribs on the River
20185 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4516 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake
- Career-best overall score659.4516 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1544 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake
- Peak power rating (1504) 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake
—3 milestones
- First tracked contest Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4 | 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake | Jun 1, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Smokin on the Lake | May 31, 2019 |
| -10.1 | Ribs on the River | Jun 21, 2019 |
| -8.1 | BBQ, Bikes and Blues | Apr 26, 2019 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.8% | 85.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 48% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2019 | Ribs on the River 🏅 Louisiana, MO | 24 / 26 (625.0744) | 24 (153.6228) | 23 (157.1544) | 20 (162.2972) | 24 (152) |
| May 31, 2019 | Smokin on the Lake 🏅 Monroe City, MO | 23 / 25 (607.2460) | 20 (154.8000) | 24 (151.4060) | 23 (148.5028) | 22 (152.5372) |
| Apr 26, 2019 | BBQ, Bikes and Blues 🏅 Washington, MO | 34 / 39 (616.3660) | 39 (148.5144) | 24 (163.3944) | 33 (156.5372) | 34 (147.9200) |
| Jun 1, 2018 | 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO | 14 / 29 (659.4516) | 1 (177.1544) | 13 (164.6056) | 19 (162.2972) | 23 (155.3944) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class unrated Kansas City, MO | 20 (154.8000) | 20 (154.8000) | 24 (151.4060) | 23 (148.5028) | 22 (152.5372) |
| — | Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY) Bowling Green, MO | 8 / 9 (303.9200) | 6 (157.6800) | 9 (146.2400) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.